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The MR. MEN Guide to Landing Pages, Conversion & Absurd Metaphor [Infographic]

By Oli Gardner, December 4th, 2009 in Funny, Landing Pages | View Comments
You'd be happy too if you were a yellow cartoon ball with a smile to rival Julia Roberts.

You'd be happy too if you were a yellow cartoon ball with a smile to rival Julia Roberts. (Images from Ladybird Books)

Landing pages, conversion rate optimization, bounce rate, blah, blah, blah, blah, yada yada yada.

As important as all of those terms and concepts are, sometimes you need to step back a bit and look at things in a more playful manner.

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I find metaphor can greatly aid the process of communication – although as you’ll infer from the title of this post – my examples can at times be a bit of a stretch. Hopefully, this bunch are clear enough to mean something.

And so, with no further posturing or technical jargon, I present to you – The MR. MEN Guide to Landing Pages, Conversion and Absurd Metaphor.

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About the Mr. Men

The Mr. Men show and book series were one of my favourite things as a kid, so this is my way of an homage to their enduring coolness as a brand.

They were created by Roger Hargreaves in the 70s and have been an evolving group of characters in children’s TV and books ever since.

Happy Friday.

Can you think of any more Mr. Men conversion metaphors?
  • Is there a person in your office that’s like a Mr. Men character?
  • How does Mr. Tickle or Mr. Bump relate to your marketing process or philosophy?

I hope you found this little design exercise enjoyable. Please let me know if you did and share it with anyone you think might get a giggle from it.

Oli Gardner


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  • Great analogy! I really like it!
    Recently I started posting interestnig analogies I found on the web blog.ygolana.com. I thought it could be a good idea to create a place where people can share useful analogies such as yours.
  • I dint know you can have such great design for LP conversions.
  • This post = Awesome!
  • Loved Reading this post, many thanks for the information.
  • keepitlucid
    Great post for me to read on a Friday. These "characters" can be frustrating in real life, but it's fun to see them as cartoons. It helps to confirm how silly we can be.
  • Nothing is ever quite as funny as the truth! That's hilarious (and oddly inspiring). Great post.
  • oligardner
    Thanks Scott,

    I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a blast to write. I just noticed your addition to the new column on Search Engine Land. Looking forward to checking that out.

    Here's a link for anyone interested: http://searchengineland.com/conversion-science-...
  • Great job! Very fun to read!
  • Awesome! :)
  • CK
    Fantastic! I love it... thanks for the laugh!
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